Category Archives: Business News

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing sweeping changes in the way chicken and turkey meat is processed in an effort to reduce salmonella illnesses from food contamination. But those changes ...

Millions of Social Security recipients will get an 8.7% boost in their benefits in 2023. That's a historic increase and welcome news for American retirees and others - but it's tempered by the fact th...

The East Grand Forks council has reviewed a revised set of recommendations to keep an asphalt plant project by RJ Zavoral & Sons moving forward. A council subcommittee has endorsed a five-year pro...

Altru Health is partnering with Blue Cross Blue Shield on a new tiered health care plan. The so-called DakotaBlue / Altru will be available during the 2022 open enrollment period. In its inaugural yea...

America's employers slowed their hiring in September but still added a solid 263,000 jobs. The report showed that last month's job growth was down from 315,000 in August and that the unemployment rate...

The Grand Forks Air Force Base will give the city some room as it awaits a ruling by the Committee on Foreign Investment over the proposed Fufeng project. A statement issued by the base on Thursday to...

An addiction counselor who helped defeat a marijuana legalization proposal in North Dakota four years ago has launched a fresh opposition group seeking to do it again this November. The group, Healthy...

North Dakota's Fuel Assistance program is heating up for another winter season. Applications for the upcoming 2022-2023 heating season can be submitted through May (2023). The federally funded low-inc...

The executive director of the North Dakota Concrete Council has a new job. Governor Doug Burgum has appointed Art Thompson as director of Workforce Safety & Insurance. In making the announcement B...

The Grand Forks council chambers are slated to receive a make-over in 2023. JLG Architects gave council members a sneak peek into some of the designs plans this week. Some of the highlights include: r...